Name: Arenibacter nanhaiticus Sun et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nan.ha.i’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. nanhaiticus, of or pertaining to Nanhai, the Chinese name for the South China Sea, the site where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: nan-ha-I-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208315; LMG 24842; MCCC 1A04137; NH36A

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU999955 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sun F, Wang B, Du Y, Liu X, Lai Q, Li G, Luo J, Shao Z. Arenibacter nanhaiticus sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:78-83. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Arenibacter Ivanova et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sun F, Wang B, Du Y, Liu X, Lai Q, Li G, Luo J, Shao Z. Arenibacter nanhaiticus sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:78-83. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 788306